Mitchell Street, Glasgow. Samuel Dow’s. 1990. To read the full history of Samuel Dow and his empire of public houses, check the website store for my second book. Samuel Dow’s premises after the great fire. In 1970… New Drive On Hotel And Restaurant Fronts By Dow’s. All set and rarin’ to go. That’s the […]

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This Month In History

Ye Olde Inn had an established date of 1650. Before television and radio customers at the old Inn told stories and tales that were passed down to the next generation of locals, one such story was that Ye Olde Inn had witnessed on May, 1679, when armed horsemen rode into the town and fixed to the cross a Declaration and Testimony of the true Presbyterian Church, an act of revolt which led to the bloody battles of Drumclog and Bothwell Brig.